Engines of Change
The American Industrial Revolution, 1790-1860
Written by Brooke Hindle and Stephen Lubar

Format: Trade Paperback, 310 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: October 17, 1986
Price: $21.95

Engines of Change is based on a Smithsonian Institution exhibit of the same title. The principal theme is the importance of technological transfer. It ventures beyond discussion of machines and tools to consider the effects of geographical dimension, natural resources, business practices, the role of women, ethnic diversity, and education. In... Read more >

History from Things
Essays on Material Culture
Written by Stephen Lubar and David W. Kingery

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: September 17, 1995
Price: $19.95

History from Things explores the many ways objects–defined broadly to range from Chippendale tables and Italian Renaissance pottery to seventeenth-century parks and a New England cemetery–can reconstruct and help reinterpret the past. Eighteen essays describe how to “read” artifacts, how to “listen to” landscapes and locations, and how to apply methods... Read more >

History from Things
Essays on Material Culture
Edited by Stephen Lubar and David W. Kingery

Format: eBook, 320 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $19.95

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